Places that come to mind for me: Seattle, Portland, SF, Denver, Minneapolis, Madison. East Coast cities don't feel as left wing as their West Coast counterparts, even if they are just as blue. The East Coast cities do have very left wing pockets though.
Part of that is large African-American population and Puerto Rican as both vote heavily Democrat but neither is particularly liberal. Also have large Jewish population who is somewhat liberal, but more your upper middle class socially conscious not your woke type. Amongst whites, large Irish & Italian communities who historically went heavily Democrat but were more your blue collar populists not especially liberal. Irish still lean Democrat but Italians have swung heavily over to GOP especially in New York and New Jersey, less so in Massachusetts.
Also East seems more establishment type while West is more your innovative challenge status quo mentality so that makes it more open to radical ideas. Libertarianism also stronger in Western US than East so its not just on left but also on right have different strands.
